Bluegrass songs for the Harmonica

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Reuben's Train

key of C

           G(7)
 6   -7    -8 -8    7  -7   -8
Reu-ben's com-ing down the track,

                            Em
 6   -7  -8  -8    7   -7   6
And he's got his throt-tle back,

         G(7)
 6  -7   -8    7
And the rails are 

                       G
-7 6  6   6  -8 7  -7    6
a-car-ry-ing hi-m from home.

verse 2
If the boiler don't bust,
'Cause it's eat up with rust,
I'll soon be a long ways from home.

verse 3
If you don't believe I'm gone
Look at the train I'm on;
You can hear the whistle blow a thousand milses.

verse 4
I'm a-going down the track,
I ain't never coming back,
And I'll never get no letter from my home.

verse 5
Well the train ran so fast,
Till I knowed it couldn't last,
For the wheels was a-burning up the rail.

verse 6
Old Reuben had a wreck
And it broke old Reuben's neck,
And it never hurt a hair on my head.

verse 7
Now I'm walking up the track,
Hoping I'll get back;
I'm a thousand miles away from home.

verse 8
If I ever get back to you,
You can beat me black and blue,
For I'll never leavy my shanty home again.